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incunabula

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Incunabula are printed material from before the year 1501 in Europe. Incunabula may also refer to: Incunabula (album) , an album by Autechre Incunabula (video game) , a 1984 computer game by Avalon Hill Incunabula (publisher) , a small press based in Seattle, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"swaddling clothes," also, figuratively, "childhood, beginnings;" 1824, from Latin incunabula (neuter plural), ultimately from cunae "cradle," from PIE *koi-na- , from root *kei- "to lie; bed, couch."

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incunabulum \In`cu*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. Incunabula . [L. incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st In- , and Cunabula .] A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of incunabulum English)

Usage examples of incunabula.

Yama and Telmon had most of the major verses of the Puranas by heart, and were guided by Zakiel to read extensively in chrestomathies and incunabulae, but while Telmon dutifully followed the program Zakiel set out, Yama preferred to idle time away dreaming over bestiaries, prosopographies and maps—most especially maps.